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Dancing till you drop at dance marathons of the 1920s and 30s

18-11-2023

Dancing till you drop at dance marathons of the 1920s and 30s

During the Great Depression, a crazy fad called "dance marathons" arose in the States. They lasted for hours, weeks, even months. ...

From pug to tiger: a hairdresser from Atlanta transforms pets beyond recognition

17-11-2023

From pug to tiger: a hairdresser from Atlanta transforms pets ...

Pet owners want their pets to always be on top. Anais Hayden turns these dreams into reality by creating glamorous images for ...

How the movie superstar of the 90s Kirsty Ellie lost everything because of gluttony and died

17-11-2023

How the movie superstar of the 90s Kirsty Ellie lost ...

For an ordinary person, excessive eating can lead to loss of attractiveness, illness and the collapse of personal life. Movie stars ...

What the first Miss Universe looked like and what her fate was like

17-11-2023

What the first Miss Universe looked like and what her fate ...

Every year hundreds of different beauty contests are held around the world. But the most important thing is always Miss Universe, ...

The Leo Frank case: why Atlanta residents lynched a Jewish engineer

16-11-2023

The Leo Frank case: why Atlanta residents lynched a Jewish ...

Late in the evening of August 17, 1915, hundreds of Atlanta residents filled the streets of the small town of Milledgeville. They ...

In the USA at the beginning of the twentieth century, children were sent by mail at the rate for chickens

16-11-2023

In the USA at the beginning of the twentieth century, ...

At the beginning of the twentieth century in the USA it was possible to send a child by mail: the service cost less than a dollar, ...

American built luxury home of your dreams from the 11 sea containers

15-11-2023

American built luxury home of your dreams from the 11 sea ...

In order to build the home of your dreams, one idea is not enough. Most often the problem lies not in the concept and architecture ...

Looked like the ideal housewife of the 1950s: sexy beautician resurrects pin-up

15-11-2023

Looked like the ideal housewife of the 1950s: sexy beautician ...

It is unlikely you caught 50 years, let alone spent them in the USA. But nothing prevents you now to know how in those days looked ...

Child labor in twentieth-century America: photographs of children in coal and zinc mines

15-11-2023

Child labor in twentieth-century America: photographs of ...

After the American Civil War, the availability of natural resources, new inventions and a capacious market provoked a rapid ...

Fabulous photochromes of 1900s New York

15-11-2023

Fabulous photochromes of 1900s New York

The stunning photochromic postcards released by the Detroit Publishing Company showcase 1900s New York in all its colorful splendor.

An artist from New York knows how to play a nocturne on a drainpipe flute

14-11-2023

An artist from New York knows how to play a nocturne on a ...

Street artist Tom Bob transforms the most prosaic elements of American cities. Poles, electric meters and bicycle racks, thanks to ...

Alaska Eskimos in priceless historical photographs of 1903 - 1930

13-11-2023

Alaska Eskimos in priceless historical photographs of 1903 - 1930

The Lomen family from Minnesota moved to the city of Nome in 1903, at a time when thousands of prospectors rushed to Alaska in ...

Which countries in the twentieth century were carried out forced sterilization

12-11-2023

Which countries in the twentieth century were carried out ...

One of the first actions of Hitler as head of Germany was the adoption in 1933 of the "Law on preventing the birth of offspring ...

11 rare shots from the construction of the Statue of Liberty

11-11-2023

11 rare shots from the construction of the Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was designed by Frederic Bartholdi together with engineer Gustave Eiffel (who worked on the frame). It was ...

Hovering over the parquet: grace and tenderness in the photographs of ballet dancers from Lindsay Thomas

11-11-2023

Hovering over the parquet: grace and tenderness in the ...

Stunning portraits of dancers from Lindsay Thomas of the Seattle delight at first sight. Talented American focuses on the art of ...

Belle Starr: Queen of bandits of the Wild West

10-11-2023

Belle Starr: Queen of bandits of the Wild West

The bandits and the Wild West are almost synonymous. Shooting, cowboys, hats, revolvers — all this dangerous "world of men". But ...

12 foods that are declared in the United States outside the law

09-11-2023

12 foods that are declared in the United States outside the law

Offer you is an incomplete list of exotic and not very much food, which for various reasons was banned throughout the United ...

The Undertaker's notes: grim details about the state of Marilyn Monroe's body after her death

07-11-2023

The Undertaker's notes: grim details about the state of ...

The owner of the funeral home, who was preparing the body of a Hollywood star for burial, shared shocking details about it in his ...

Master ironic picture Ryan Suda: history of chaos in one shot

07-11-2023

Master ironic picture Ryan Suda: history of chaos in one shot

Looking at the work of American photographer Ryan Shude (Rayan Shude), you would think that before you images from the movie. A lot ...

How to make a career by shooting naked women, revelations of an escort photographer

06-11-2023

How to make a career by shooting naked women, revelations of ...

Despite the fact that prostitution is legalized in only a few countries of the world, it's no secret that in almost any state, ...

Funny and young American women of the 80s

06-11-2023

Funny and young American women of the 80s

The eighties of the twentieth century was an era of mixing styles in clothing, and this was especially noticeable by what American ...

Style and swing: what the participants of the Monterey Jazz Festival looked like in 1969

06-11-2023

Style and swing: what the participants of the Monterey Jazz ...

The Monterey Jazz Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Monterey, California, United States. It was founded on ...

Historical pictures of criminals of the 1930s and 1940s

05-11-2023

Historical pictures of criminals of the 1930s and 1940s

These pictures and details of the arrest were taken from old news newspapers of the American city of New Castle and allow us to ...

A pensioner from the USA is the most armed man on the planet

04-11-2023

A pensioner from the USA is the most armed man on the planet

Mel Bernstein, nicknamed the Dragon, lives in Colorado, and he is armed no worse than some not too ambitious countries. In his ...

"League X— - American football, which is played by beauties in underwear

04-11-2023

"League X— - American football, which is played by beauties ...

Football is a game not only for strong men, but also for beautiful women. Previously, this hot team was called the "Lingerie ...

The most dizzying photos from the construction of New York skyscrapers

04-11-2023

The most dizzying photos from the construction of New York ...

In 1884, the construction of the first skyscraper was started in Chicago. It had as many as 10 floors! However, at the beginning of ...